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       Officer and Citizen of the year

Every year at our annual awards dinner we honor both a Law Enforcement Officer who has demonstrated exemplary performance, and a private citizen who has contributed greatly to the Irish community.
          The following is a list of those we recognized as Officer of the Year or  Citizen of the Year, or Lifetime Achievement Award
 

Officer of the Year Honorees

2000: Officer Ian Furminger, SFPD
2001: Lieutenant John Carlin, SFPD
2002: Undersheriff Dick Lonergan, Napa County RIP
2003: Sergeant Joe Currie, SFPD
2004: Officer Chris Cunnie, SFPD
2005: Sergeant Joe McKenna, SFPD
2006: Officer Jimmy Beere, Oakland PD
2007: Inspector Bob McMillan, SFPD
2008: Captain Tom Redmond, SFSD
2009: Lieutenant Harry Pearson, SFPD
2010: Sergeant John Hallisy, SFPD
2011: Sergeant Gerry D’Arcy, SFPD
2012: Sergeant/Inspector Gary Delagnes, SFPD
2103: Commander Joseph Garrity, SFPD                                2014: Sergeant Tom Maguire, SFPD                                          2015: Sergeant Daniel Manning, SFPD                                    2016: Officer Michael Tursi, SFPD                                              2017: Officer Kevin Downs, SFPD                                              2018: Sergeant Kevin Healy, SFPD                                            2019: Officer Susan Rolovich, SFPD                                          2021: Officer Andrew Clifford, SFPD                                        2022: Commander Rachel Moran, SFPD                                  2023: Officer Sean Cody, SFPD

 2024: Officer Kohl O'Keefe, SFPD

2025: Sergeant Cullen Roche, SFPD

Citizen of the Year Honorees
1999: Bud Peterson RIP
2000: Regina Bucher RIP
2001: Mary Dunleavy Cassidy
2002: John Moylan RIP
2003: Redmond Lyons
2004: JC and Rita Mahoney RIP
2005: Tom Hunt
2006: Joe O’Donoghue
2007: JJ and Vera (RIP) Whelan                                                    2008: Jim Fogerty

2009: Pat Uniacke

2010: Paul Cummins
2011: Leo Cassidy
2012: Martin Falvey
2013: Gerry Cassidy RIP                                                                         2014: William Roger Gargano                                                         2015: Celine Kennely                                                                                  2016: Martin Connelly                                                                             2017: James Collins                                                                                   2018: Brian Sheehy                                                                                    2019: Sean Canniffe                                                                                    2021: Josephine Brogan                                                                            2022: Paul O'Driscoll                                                                                2023: Kathy Grogan                                                                                2024: Patrick Lane

2025: Cyril Hackett                                                                          

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

2013 Officer Thomas Cunnane (SFPD_ret)

2014 Captain Mike "Bugsy" Moran (SFPD_ret)

2016 Captain Michael Puccinelli (SFPD_ret)

2018 Sergeant Marty Lalor (SFPD_ret)  

2019 Sergeant Marty Halloran (SFPD_ret)

2021 Sergeant Joseph McCloskey (SFPD_ret)

2022 Officer Nick Shihadeh (SFPD_ret)

2023 Inspector John Keane (SFPD)

2024 Officer Stephen "Val" Kirwan (SFPD ret) 

2025 Chief Deputy Kevin McConnell, (SFSD)


In 2013 The San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald Society presented for the first time a Memorial Award to Sgt. John MacAulay's mother in memory of his selfless service to the community.

 

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The San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.  



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